Even a day later, Matt was decidedly unclear on how he'd become the varsity boys cross-country at Clover Valley. The only running he'd ever done in his life was for basketball conditioning and even then it was only a mile at a time.
"How in the world do you coach running? Don't they just run ... and the fastest one wins?" He wondered aloud over breakfast.
J.T. had given him a packet of information on the team in a large accordion folder. The entire contents of the needlessly large folder consisted of two lonely sheets of paper. One had a handwritten list of 11 names with phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Apparently, this was the interest list compiled last Spring. The second sheet had the team's schedule for the season.
Per J.T's instructions he'd tried to get in touch with all 11 last night. At this point, he'd heard back from six, and three of those were no longer interested. He told the other three that the first practice would be Wednesday night at 7pm. None of the kids he talked to sounded any happier than him about the prospects of the first practice.
Gloomily peering over the schedule, as his Cheerios began to soften, he concluded that the only positive element of this surprise assignment was that he'd get to familiarize himself somewhat with the locations of some of the other schools in the Pine Hills Eight conference.
Sept 3rd Away Rose Hill
Sept 6th Away Kickoff Classic @ Troy Central
Sept 10th Away Flagler County
Sept 17th Home Troy Central
Sept 24th Home Troutdale
Sept 27th Away Hickory Creek Invitational
Oct 1st Home South Troy
Oct 8th Away Willowsburg
Oct 15th Away St. Teresa
Oct 22nd Home Bisbee County
Oct 29th Away Pine Hills Conference Championships @ Willowsburg
Nov 6th Away 3-A State Championship @ Culver City
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